Monthly Archive: April 2018

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Tim Hortons HQ relocates to downtown Toronto from long-time Oakville, Ont., home

TORONTO — Tim Hortons is moving its headquarters from Oakville, Ont. to downtown Toronto. The fast food company says it will relocate to a 6000 square-metre space in the Exchange Tower in the city’s financial district. Tim Hortons president Alex Macedo says the move will bring it closer to business partners, enable it to better […]

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IMF: Canadian economy will still grow in 2018, just a little less

WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund projects moderate economic growth for Canada this year and next, albeit at a pace slower than last year and signifcantly behind that in the United States. Its World Economic Outlook released Tuesday foresees growth in Canada of 2.1 per cent this year and two per cent next year. That […]

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WTO panel rules against Canada in preliminary ruling in C Series dispute

MONTREAL — A World Trade Organization panel is moving ahead with its review of Brazil’s complaint that Bombardier Inc.’s C Series is receiving unfair subsidies after throwing out a key Canadian argument. The panel ruled against Canada’s objection that it look at four programs including Ottawa’s supercluster plan that were not included in its original […]

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Political parties police themselves on using voters’ personal data: watchdog

OTTAWA — The federal privacy watchdog is calling on the government to address significant gaps in the law that leave political parties to police themselves when it comes to how they collect and use data on voters. Speaking to a parliamentary committee today, federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says political parties are only bound by […]